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Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0179
Section 179 of 508
Canonical reference section-0179
English
Various; edited by Constance E. Long
The scene in Andermatt is portrayed with a nice wit, or more properly speaking, dreamt further: "The teacher steals chestnuts," that is equivalent to saying he does what is prohibited. By chestnuts is meant roasted chestnuts, which on account of the incision are known as a female sexual symbol. Thus the remark of the teacher, that he was especially glad to travel with his pupils, following directly upon the theft of the chestnuts, becomes intelligible. This theft of the chestnuts is certainly a personal interpolation, for it does not occur in any of the other accounts. It shows how intensive was the inner participation of the school companions of Marie X. in the dream, resting upon similar ætiological requirements.
This is the last of the aural witnesses. The story of the veil, the pain in the feet, are items which we may perhaps suspect to have been suggested in the original narrative. Other interpolations are, however, absolutely personal, and are due to independent inner participation in the meaning of the dream.
Hearsay Evidence.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
La scène d’Andermatt est dépeinte avec un bel esprit ou, plus exactement, poursuivie en rêve : « Le maître vole des châtaignes », ce qui revient à dire qu’il fait ce qui est interdit. Par châtaignes, on entend des châtaignes grillées qui, en raison de leur incision, sont connues comme symbole sexuel féminin. Ainsi devient intelligible la remarque du maître selon laquelle il était particulièrement heureux de voyager avec ses élèves, remarque qui suit directement le vol des châtaignes. Ce vol est certainement une interpolation personnelle, car il ne figure dans aucun des autres récits. Il montre combien la participation intérieure des camarades d’école de Marie X. au rêve était intense et reposait sur des exigences étiologiques semblables.
C’est le dernier des témoins auriculaires. L’histoire du voile et la douleur aux pieds sont des éléments que nous pouvons peut-être soupçonner d’avoir été suggérés dans le récit original. D’autres interpolations sont toutefois absolument personnelles et résultent d’une participation intérieure indépendante au sens du rêve.
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